Hatimy group now moves to court

May 20, 2008 12:00 am

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By , NAIROBI, May 19 – Fifa-backed chair of Kenya Football Federation (KFF) Mohammed Hatimy moved to court on Monday to challenge a ruling made last week barring him and his group from running the affairs of the troubled football governing body.

Hatimy filed an appeal under a certificate of urgency seeking to review an order by Justice Hatari Waweru delivered on May 16, which ousted him from the leadership of KFF.

His lawyer Judith Aulo told High court Judge, Justice Alnashir Visram, that her client was seeking ‘urgent review’ of the ruling since the world soccer governing body, FIFA, had no one to communicate with in Kenya.

She said: “My lord, we are here because the defendants have been injuncted from being officials of the federation and therefore the country is in a serious quandary.”

She argued that the question of the federation’s leadership was already before the court and had not been settled.

Justice Alsnashir Visram certified the application as urgent, and asked Aulo to mention it before trial Judge, Justice Hatari Waweru on Wednesday.